Greg combines his passions for nature, travel and photography to create wildlife images from around the world.

Friday, March 7, 2014

Polar Bear Moms and Cubs 2014; Day Two

Today we went back to the den with one cub. She popped out
briefly in the morning for a few seconds only showing her eyes and head. At
3:08p.m., the same time as yesterday to the minute she came out of the den. She
came out and went back in probably 15 times over the next hour. She was really
cautious and would look over the bank of the den, then eventually built up the
courage to venture out on top of the crest of the den temporarily, then ran
back down as if to say “Oh, that was scary!”. Over the next hour, she developed
more courage to venture out a litlte bit more for a little longer each time.

At midnight we went out to photograph the northern lights.
They were quite nice! I’m looking forward to trying again though with the
lessons I learned from my first northern lights try of the year.